Trump's 'Reciprocal Tariff' Math: A Masterclass In Economic Absurdity

As President Donald Trump lights the global economy on fire in his bid to reduce America’s $1.2 trillion annual trade deficit, a few astute observers on X have uncovered the math that went into arriving at the tariffs that other countries charge the United States, which ultimately led to the reciprocal tariffs that the US will now be imposing on them.